ABSTRACT
THE life and acts of the great Tamerlane, with a description of the lands that are under his dominion and rule, written by Ruy González de Clavijo, chamberlain to his highness the very great and noble king Don Henry, third of that name, sovereign lord of Castile and Leon. This together with an itinerary wherein is described all that fell out during the embassy despatched by his highness the said king to his lordship that said potentate, who is otherwise known as Timur Beg, in the year of the Incarnation one thousand four hundred and three.1
